2024 Intercity League Champions – Andre Chiefs
Americans Beat Chiefs, Blue Sox Stay Hot
INTERCITY LEAGUE NEWS & NOTES
Americans Win Play-in Game
Cory Bright delivered his third hit of the game to drive home Pat Costigan with the winning run in the bottom of the 8th inning to give the Melrose Americans a 6-5 win over the Malden Maddogs in the ICL’s play-in game at Morelli Field. After the Americans had tied the score at 4-4 in the bottom of the 7th, the Maddogs pushed across a run in the top of the 8th. The Americans will meet the Sabertooth Expos tonight at Morelli starting at 8 PM. The Andre Chiefs and Lexington Blue Sox meet in game one of their series at Maplewood, also at 8:00 PM.
Watch Sunday’s Play-in Game Live from Morelli, 8:00PM
Sunday’s play-in game between the #5 Malden Maddogs and #4 Melrose Americans will be broadcast live on Local Sport Productions (LSP) from Morelli Field in Melrose starting at 8:00 PM. Sam Feeley will handle the play by play. The winner of the play-in game will move on to meet the #1 Sabertooth Expos at Morelli on Monday at 8:00 PM in the first game of the a best of three sem-final series. Also on Monday, the opening game of the #2 Andre Chiefs vs #3 Lexington Blue Sox series will be played at Maplewood/Malden Catholic starting at 8:00 PM. To watch Sunday’s broadcast go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPVZxxc9RmE
Play-In Game Sunday at Morelli Field, 8:00 PM
The Melrose Americans and Malden Maddogs will meet on Sunday night in the ICL’s play-in game at 8:00 PM at Morelli Field. The #4 Americans finished the season in fourth place with a 10-14 record while the the #5 Maddogs ended up in fifth position at 8-17. The winner of Sunday’s play-in game will move on to meet the #1 seeded Sabertooth Expos (20-5) in a best of three semi-final series that will begin Monday at Morelli at 8:00 PM. In the other semi-final series, the #2 Andre Chiefs (18-7) will meet the #3 Lexington Blue Sox (13-12). Game one is scheduled for Monday at Maplewood/Malden Catholic. Game two will be played in Lexington on Tuesday. If a game three is needed it will be contested back at Maplewood on Wednesday. All games in the series will begin at 8:00 PM. The semi-finals winners will move on to the ICL’s best of five championship series with the schedule for that series to be announced. In Thursday’s final regular season game, the Lexington Bulldogs beat the Maddogs 12-5 in Lexington. Friday’s scheduled Bulldogs-Americans game at Morelli Field has been cancelled due to the expected heavy rain.
Maddogs, Expos Get Wednesday Wins
Quinton Copeland had three hits, including a homer and double, and drove in three runs, to lead the Malden Maddogs to a 9-4 win over the Melrose Americans on Wednesday night at Morelli Field. Sam Browning and Lawrence Tang added two hits each to the Maddogs’ nine hit attack. Garrett Kingston (1-1) got the win. Will Hunter and Noah Jankowski both had a couple of hits for the Americans. At Maplewood, the Sabertooth Expos broke open a close 3-2 game and scored eight times in the bottom of the sixth inning to come away with an 11-2 win over the Lexington Blue Sox. The Maddogs visit the Lexington Bulldogs on Thursday at 7:00 PM in the only ICL game on the schedule.